Respiratory Functions
Vocabulary
Respiratory System
Diagrams A
Diagrams B
100
A flap that opens when you are breathing so that air can go down your trachea.
epiglottis
100
The two large spongy muscles located under your ribs
Lungs
100
A spongy organ in your chest that sits inside your ribs.
lung
100
The part labeled 1
nose
100
The part labeled 2
mouth
200
Sticky material in the nose, trachea, and bronchi that trap dust and smoke particles.
mucus
200
The sheet of muscle under the lungs that works with the rib muscles to make breathing possible.
diaphragm
200
What is in your nose that helps to catch the dirt and germs from going into your lungs
Nose hairs
200
The part labeled 4
lung
200
The part labeled 8
trachea
300
Your rib cage goes down and your lungs deflate when you do this
exhale
300
What do we call the two branches that split off of the trachea and go into each lung?
bronchi or bronchus or bronchial tubes
300
It leads to both the trachea and the esophagus making it part of the digestive system and the respiratory system.
pharynx
300
The part labeled 6
diaphragm
300
The part labeled number 9
Bronchi
400
Rings of cartilage protect this organ
trachea
400
The part of the throat located behind the mouth and the nasal cavity and above the larynx.
pharynx
400
The part of the respiratory system that divides into smaller and smaller tubes that end in the alveoli.
bronchioles
400
the part labeled 11
alveoli
400
The part labeled 12
epiglottis
500
The voice box
larynx
500
The drawing in of air into the lungs.
inhalation
500
During gas exchange, the substance which passes from the alveoli into the bloodstream.
oxygen
500
The part labeled number 10
Bronchioles
500
The part labeled 3
larynx